Upper Creeks

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The Upper Creeks were a major regional division of the Muscogee (Creek) people, traditionally living in towns along the upper reaches of the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa rivers in what is now the southeastern United States.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Upper Creeks canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people ⓘ
Muscogee division ⓘ
Native American group ⓘ
affectedBy Indian Removal ⓘ
colonialContactWith Great Britain ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
conflictWith Lower Creeks ⓘ
United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalPractice Green Corn Ceremony ⓘ
cultureArea Southeastern Woodlands ⓘ
demography town-based population clusters ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf Muscogee (Creek) Confederacy ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
governedBy micos (chiefs) ⓘ
town councils ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
involvedIn Creek War ⓘ
Red Stick War ⓘ
language Muscogee language ⓘ
languageFamily Muskogean languages ⓘ
locatedIn Southeastern United States ⓘ
opposedTo Lower Creeks ⓘ
partOf Creek Confederacy ⓘ
politicalStructure clan-based society ⓘ
town-based organization ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Lower Creeks ⓘ
Seminole ⓘ
Yuchi ⓘ
religion Southeastern Woodlands traditional religion ⓘ
removedTo Indian Territory ⓘ
present-day Oklahoma ⓘ
riverineSettlement Alabama River ⓘ
Coosa River ⓘ
Tallapoosa River ⓘ
socialOrganization matrilineal clans ⓘ
subgroupOf Muscogee (Creek) people ⓘ
linked to: Muscogee people
traditionalRegion Alabama River basin ⓘ
Coosa River basin ⓘ
linked to: Coosa River Basin

Tallapoosa River basin ⓘ
present-day Alabama ⓘ
treatySubjectOf Treaty of Fort Jackson ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Creek (Muscogee) → subgroup → Upper Creeks ⓘ
Lower Creeks → neighboringGroup → Upper Creeks ⓘ
Opothleyahola → ethnicGroupLed → Upper Creeks ⓘ
Red Stick Creeks → socialBase → Upper Creeks ⓘ